Geo-energy

Secure, clean and efficient energy are at the heart of the H2020’s Societal Challenge 3. As Europe progresses to make its transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system, solutions must be found to face increasing scarcity of resources in relation to the growing energy needs, whilst mitigating and preventing climate change. With respect to these challenges, the Geo-Energy theme aims to develop transparent, harmonized and science-based pan-European information and knowledge on:

Competition, interference and synergies between different uses of subsurface space.

The objectives for generating such information are to enable policy decisions that support a safe and responsible exploitation of subsurface resources and capacities, as well as to increase public awareness on the potential subsurface contributions that help to meet Europe’s energy and climate challenges. Research activities shall typically focus on:

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